Following its blinding return to the PC case space last year, Arctic is readying a smaller version of its chassis, aptly dubbed the Xtender Mini. This new model naturally shares much in common with its larger sibling, but there are several notable differences in this new design.
The Xtender Mini is a microATX chassis, sporting tempered glass side and front panels. Despite its short stature, the case still has plenty of room for large graphics cards up to 402mm in length and 165mm tall. However, don’t expect a VG variant with vertical mounting to materialise.
Arctic provides four 120mm A-RGB fans as standard with the Xtender Mini. You’ll find one serving as the rear exhaust, alongside three reverse-blade blowers down below. There’s also room for a 360mm on the side, with the roof housing the shroud for the PSU.
Given the presence of fans along the case floor, Arctic has sensibly introduced a magnetic dust filter for the underside of the chassis, complementing the one up top. The pullout design is practically invisible while attached to the Xtender Mini, while proving easy to attach/detach from the side.
Further differing itself from the full-size Xtender, both power button and USB ports have shifted from the top of the case to the bottom of the front panel. Thankfully, the smaller size hasn’t come at the cost of connectivity, with the same array of two Type-As and one Type-C returning.
Cable management is always tricky in smaller spaces, but Arctic demonstrates you can still create a tidy finish with the Xtender Mini. The PSU placement conveniently makes it easier to reach cables attached to the power supply.
While we’d recommend sticking to as much M.2 storage as possible in cases like this, Arctic still finds room for a drive bay round back.
We only laid eyes on a black Xtender Mini, but the company tells us that a white model is most certainly in the works. You’ll be able to pick up either colourway for €79 as street price flies, in Q4 2025.
Alternatively, you can spend €149-159 for Arctic to ship the Xtender Mini with a 360mm Liquid Freezer III Pro. That sounds like a fair deal, considering the cooler retails for around €70.
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